Shannon News TUESDAY, MAY 16, 1922.

Shannon News, 16 May 1922, Page 2

Shannon News TUESDAY, MAY 16, 1922.

Mrs Wilson Balfour, of Lyttelton, is paying a visit to Mrs C. C. Franks. A female bankrupt is described in this week’s Mercantile Gazette as the wife of a “gentleman.” The latter, it may be mentioned, was also declared bankrupt some months ago. Rather than disappoint the public, the proprietors of the Maoriland Theatre intend to show the serial picture “Smashing Barriers” in conjunction with the Waikiki Hawaiians on Frinight. The Shannon Dairy Company is advancing 1/5 for butterfat for last month, and is distributing one halfpenny per lb bonus fhr butterfat; delivered over the whole of last year. This bonus' brings the total up to 2/9 for the who-le of last year.

Readers of the Shannon News will be very sorry to hear that Mrs M. A. Hyde, of Auckland, mother of Mr A. E. Hyde, of Shannon, and Mr Norman Hyde, of Hunterville, has passed away. Mr Hyde left, by the Auckland express yesterday to attend the funeral. The deepest sympathy will be felt for the bereaved family in their -great loss. Mrs G. Parkhouse is taking a concert party over to the . second camp on Wednesday next. The party will leave Shannon during the afternoon, have tea at the camp, and after the concert will take part in a dance which has been arranged. These concerts are very much enjoyed by both the concert party and the men of the camp, who prove themselves very fine hosts indeed. The gatekeeper at the Recreation Ground had some difficulty on Saturday in collecting the shilling entrance fee from some of those who wanted to enter, and the assistance of the police .had to. be sought. The sum asked for is only small, and the Shannon Football Club is very much in need of funds, so that it seems very mean on the part of those who tried ffio force their way in, both through the gate and over the hedge. A series ‘of euchre parties, followed by dances, will be held in the Parish Hall during the winter months. A strong committee of the Venerable Bede’s Church has arrangements well in hand, and the first function of the season will be held this evening, commencing at 7.30 p.m. These social gatherings will be held fortnightly, and after each competition a trophy will be presented to the winner, while a. points prize will oe presented, at the end of the season. The manner in which documents may be , mislaid or perhaps lost sighi of was instanced in the case < f a Gisborne business man who happened to be moving into another office He was moving a number ( f the books, which were a relic of a former partnership with another gentleman. Out. of one of these books as they were being moved fell a document, which, on being examined, proved to be the will of the former partner. The latter has not been a resident of Gisborne for some years now, having transferred to Auckland.

Tiie value of tooth-brush drill ;s indicated by the result of a report from Ih\ Elizabeth Gunn on a large Taranaki school, which was brought before the notice of the Taranaki Education Board by the senior inspector. The report states: “This school was the first in Taranaki to start tooth-brush drill. Every child does it arid the results are most, satisfactory. There are no septic mouths, and what to my mind is most extraordinary is that there are practically no enlarged glands or enlarged tonsils. Children noted last year as having two or three decayed teeth show no more caries nt the end of this twelve months. This was demonstrated in many cases and proves, I consider, that the use of the “fruit acid wash” that is used at the school daily, not only cleanses .the teeth, but* prevents decay.” ■'JfT H '

Qf*>No less than 22-9 head of stock was impounded by the county ranger during the past month. A party of Shannon farmers will pay a visit to the Central Development Farm on Wednesday. The statutory meeting of the Horowhenua County Council will take place on Wednesday, May 24, at noon.

John Arbuckle, who was found guilty of misappropriating over £2OOO of the funds of the Miners’ Federation and the Broken Hill Strikers’ Relief Fund, was sentenced to four years’ reformative treatment.

Mr Charles Sangster, chairman of the Swift Motor Co., of Coventry, England, at the annual meeting said ‘‘ln this city a workman was fined by a trade union £lO 19/ for doing t -o much work. I have seen the receipt for the fine paid.” The retort conjugal from the Auckland Herald’s personal column. First day: “I will not be responsible for debts contracted in my name, P , Parnell.” Second day: “I wish to thank all kind friends and neighbours in time of hunger, Mrs P , Parnell.”

A member of the North Wairarapa Football Club is such a keen enthusiast that he travelled 60 miles the other day to play for his team. With the return journey he covered altogether 120 miles to play a match.

At a special meeting of the Dargaville Borough Council it was unanimously decided to place loan proposals for £150,666 before the ratepayers for a sewerage scheme; also for extension to the gas and water supply, and for road improvements.

‘‘lf the secretary of our union is seen going into an hotel and having a drink with the boss, how can we expect to get justice?” was the burden of a complaint from a unionist to the body taking care of his arbitration affairs. This query caused much, amusement at the Conciliation Council at Wellington.

A Palmerston man who travelled in the United States informed the Times that the cables received there are too obviously Americanised. While there for some months, the only Press Association news from New Zealand was about soyae atrocious crim« or disgrace. One cable from Auckland stated that “a woman had "cut her throat and fallen into a well, thus endangering the city water!” Touching on the condition of the county roads, Cr. Harkness stated a. the County Council meeting on Sat\ urday that during the farm school at the Central Development Farm recently, he had inquired of visiting farmers how the local roads compared with those in Wairarapa and elsewhere. The visitors were unanimous that our main roads were equal to theirs, but our subsidiary roads were neglected. “This is election year, and there; may be some of the £5,000,000 loan floating round,” said Cr. G. A. Monk. At Saturday’s meeting of the Horowhenua County Council. The remark was made after the reading of a letter from the Public Works Department asking if there were any works for which the Council desired pro-; vision to be made on the next Public Works Estimates.

The danger of stray cattle on the roads was brought under the notice of the I-lorowhenua County Council on Saturday by Cr. A. R. Knox, of Te Horo, who stated that a car met some cattle one night recently and- ran oft the road trying to avoid a collision, with the result that it nearly capsized into The ranger (Mr Watson) said he had visited the district lately, and had gathered up a lot of stock, which should mitigate the nuisance.

Speaking to an Age reporter on Monday, Mr J. C. Cooper, managing director of the Wellington Farmers’ Meat Company, stated that the meat stores in the Dominion would finish up the season practically empay, this being the first time for some years, almost from, the beginning of the war, that this has beeir the case. Next season meat would be shipped to a market which had been practically without supplies of New Zealand moat for some time.